Bail handle



mally at'right angles to the perpendicular or Patented July 14, 1925.

WALTER e. ory, or arms, OHIO.

BAIL HANDLE,

Application filed February 6 1923'. Serial No. 617,280.

To all 'w 72 mc't may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WALTERG. Do'rY, a citizen of the United States,residing-at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bail 'Handles, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to' pouring vessels and more particularly to a"bail handle so constituted and arranged as to permit the handle grip ofthe bail to be grasped in a natural position-of the operators hand andthe pouring operation to be effected without distortion or straining ofthe hand into an awkward or uncomfortable position.

' Bail vessels have usually been provided with a handle grip so arrangedas to be norparallel with the bottom of the vessel. In pouring from sucha vessel thehandle grip must be tilted beyond a horizontal-positionnecessitating an unnatural inconvenient and uncomfortable position oftheoperators hand wliich seriously interfers with the security of hisgrasp and the control of the vessel during the pouring operation.

The present invention involves the arrangement of a bail handle with itshandle grip inclined downwardly and rearwardly in relation with thepouring spout, inwhich. position it may be naturally and 'convenientlygrasped and from which position it is turned to a substantiallyhorizontal position during the pouring operation. This tilting movementand turning ofthe hand is much more easily effected from an inclinedp'osition above the horizontal toward or slightly beyond horizontal.position than' it. is from the usual horizontal position to an inclinedposition far beneath the horizontal. This inclination of. the handlegrip may be effected by making the bail arms of unequal length or byextending one of the ears or bail connections to a greater height thanthe other. The invention further involvesa peculiar formation of thehandle grip, which is enlarged at one end, and the lfiXed connection ofa carrier member extending'through the handle grip to'preventrelativerotation.

The object of the invention is to provide a bail handle which maybegrasped with a natural position of the hand and which willnotnecessitate distortion or straining of the operators hand into anunnatural position in order to pour from the vessel and which willfurther enable the operator to maintain "PATENT? OFF-ICE.

more secure and safe control of'the vessel during pouring operation.

A further ob ect of'the invention is to provide-an improved form ofhandle grip and an improved method of mounting the handle grip fornon-revoluble relation with a carrier bail. i p I With the above primaryand other incidental objects in View as will more fully appear in thespecification, the invention consists of the features of construction,the parts and combinations thereof and themode of operation ortheirequivalents as hereinafter described and set forth in theclaims.

. Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown thepreferred, but obviously not necessarily the only form of embodiment ofthe invention, Figr l is aside elevation of tea kettle to which theimproved form of bail handle has been applied. Fig.

is a similar view of the tea kettle inpour 111g position, showing bycomparison with Fig. 1 the relative movement of the bail handle within anatural and comfortable 3 range of movement of the operators hand. 1*1g, 3 is adetail view partly in section 11lustrating two modifications,first, one in which the attachment ears upon thevessel are. of

unequal length, in lieu of making the bail.

arms of unequal length, and second, a modified method of attaching thecarrier memher with the handle grip to hold the same againstrelativerevoluble movement. Fig. 1 is a detail transverse sectional viewof thebail handle, on line 44 of Fig. 2.

- Like parts are indicated bysimilar characters of reference throughoutthe several views.

In the drawings, 1 is-the .vessel,:which in the present instance hasbeen illustratedas a teakettle,but whichmay be of any other type to be:equipped with a bail handle. Mounted upon the vessel or kettle 1 is abail handle comprising'th'e inclined handle. grip 2, from each end ofwhich extends dependent bail arms 3-3, operatively connected withattachment ears 4% upon the vessel or kettle.- The bail arms 3 maybemetal straps,or

thin flat strips as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or r they may be round stockor heavy wire as shown at 3 in F 1g. 3. The handle grip2, is preferablythough not necessarilyofwood or other non-conductor of heat. The handlesupported in an elevated position upon a stove or other support so thatunder ordinary circumstances; the. operator must-raise ;his -hand.;tograsp the bail handle. 1When grasping an articlein, an {elevatedposition,

one does not naturally nor convenient-1y .turn, the; hand;to ahorizontal; position as 1s necessary, in grasping the brdinary bailhandle, but to the contrary the natural position when thehand is;elevated is an upwardly inclined position with the thumb uppermost. Theinclination @of the present handle grip 2 is suclr as toconformsubstantially-to this natural position of the hand. The naturalrange chad-j ustment of the; hand when; in .such, elevated position asitrwould usually-be 1n pouring iroma vessel is from an upwardlyinclined; position to; a

' substantially horizontal position. To turn 7 the hand beyond such;horizontaL position in a pouring operation is ,an unnatural position andstrainedmovement. By inclining.

.- the handle grip 2 as shownin-the drawing,

one is enabled to; grasp gthti handle .grip nat-" urally .a-ndtoefiiect'ithe apouringbperation by tllGJHOSt natural and. convenientrange of movement otthe hand tOWViLI'CiiIQllOlh zontal position of ,thehandlegrip as shown in'Fig. 2. Moreover, the shape ofth-e'han the gripis such as toreadilyenablethe op- ..erator to control the vessel bygrasping' the grip 2 which ispeculiarly -shaped;;for this grip 2 with thefingers and placing @the thumb on the upper forward end :of the purpose.M

. At its forward enduthe' handle grip is en-. larged in: the plane ofthe bailato .forni a somewhat triangular head upon the forward end. ofthelhandle grip. "The handle grip 2 is provided with a'ilongitudinalbore through which. extends a rod i5, engaged; at itsopposite ends with bail arms In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 62this carrier rod 5 extends. through a pertoration in therear bail arm 8,and isprovidedqwith a nut or head beyond such bail arm. At its forwardand upper en'dsthe carrier rod 5 extends :throughthe'opposite-bailla-rm3 and is then .bent laterally and -reengaged with the Jbroadenedhead ofthe -han'dlfe grip 12 by having its endsthrust throughausuitable secondperforation in the bail arm 3 and into the end of the handlelgrip to prevent'relative rotation of theeparts.

In lieu of this constructlonthe carrier rod Inlay-be bent laterally asshown-at 6" in Fig.3, such lateral extension being seated in a groovedrecess in the end of the, handle grip 2 for such purpose.

In lieu ofthebail straps 3+3 of Figs. 1-

tended to a;considerable height abovethe :rear car as shown-at i-9 inFig. 3.

"Tlie broa'dening o't'the-forward end of the handle grip 2 gives-to theforward, portionof the under sedge. ofthe grip ,a substantiallyhorizontal contour as at '9, Wl1i(3l1 facilitates the carrying of thevessel in the :usual 1 manner. Such substantially hori .zontalportion-of the tinder-edge of the grip 'fits' the hand when in-earryingvposition conveniently and comfortably fistdoesthe remaining inclinedportion .oi'f'the grip when pouring-101' when lifting the vessel fromplace to ;place. This grip thereforecombinesthe advantages ot-anincli-ned;hanidle grip and ahorizontalgrip in a single [device-andrenders thebail universal in its adaptation ;ior -allconditions of {useFrom; the vabove description it willhe .ap parent that there is thusprovided: a device ;.of the .fcharacter described possessing theparticular features of advantage-#beifore enumerated as desirable, butwhich obvious- 1y is susceptible ofmodification in its form,

proportions, detail construction and arthe inventien'has heendescribedin language more or less specific 'as -to structural features, it isto-beJunderstood that the invention is not limited to the specificdetails shown, but that the means and construction herein disclosedcomprises the preferred 1,for m-ofseveral modes of putting theinven-[tion into effect and the invention is there- 'r fore claimed in-anyo'fits forms 'or'modifications =withi-n l the legitimate and valid scope ofthe appended claims. I

gfl-avingthus described my invention, I claim: v

1. A tea kettleor the like'having aswinging bail, one leg of which, islonger than the other, and ahandle grip mounted ,upon the bail ininclined.relationztothehottom of the rkettle,.saidfhandle'grip havingtop and bottommargins whichare divergentlyrextended with relation-toeach other ;at,the end-toward the -pour;ing spout, whereby ,said hanjdlegrip will normally be inclined to the vertical and will be advanced fromsuch inclined position toward a horizontal position during the operationof pouring from the vessel.

2. A vessel having a bail handle including a hand grip normally inclinedto the vertical and tending to' approach a horizontal position as thevessel is tipped for pouring purposes, the forward end of the handlegrip being of increased depth, the top surface of the grip beingcontinued at approximately the general inclination of the handle grip,while the under surface thereof is deflected downwardly to afford aconvenient hand grasp when the vessel is in a normal upright position. I

3. A vessel having a pouring spout, a handle member of substantiallyovate cross sectional form at'the end toward the pouring spout, saidhandle member being supported over the vessel, substantially inalinement with the pouring spout and normally in inclined relation withthe horizontal, with its forward, ovate end nearest the pouring spoutinclined upwardly.

4. The combination with a vessel, of a handle grip of dual directionalform and unequal connections between the opposite ends of the handlegrip and the vessel, one portion of the handle grip being maintained innonparallel and the other portion in approximately parallel relationwith the normal liquid level of the vessel whether the vessel be uprightor tilted.

5. A bail handle for a vessel including a handle grip of dualdirectional form, a portion of which normally extends substantiallyhorizontally while the remainder of the grip extends at an inclinationto the horizontal, with the end toward the pouring spout elevated abovethe opposite end of the handle grip, the handle thus being rendereduniversally convenient for both carrying and longer than the other and ahandle grip of curvilinear form mounted upon the bail with the end ofthe grip toward the pouring spout elevated above the opposite end of thegrip, the under surface of the handle grip meeting the respective legsof the bail at different angles.

7. The combination with a tea kettle or the like, having a bail handle,of a handle grip for said bail, the under surface of which isduo-directional with the rear portion thereof, extending at aninclination to the base of the kettle, and the forward portion thereofextending approximately parallel with the base of the kettle wherebywhether held in normal or tilted position one or the other portions ofthe handle will be approximately horizontal.

8. The combination with a tea kettle or the like, having a bail handle,of a duodirectional handle grip for the bail succeed ing portions ofwhich extend in'angular relation with one part approximately horizontaland the other part inclined to the. horizontal whether the kettle isheld in nornial position or in a tilted position for pouring.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day ofFebruary A. D. 1923.

WALTER G. DOTY.

Witnesses:

I-IARRY'F. NOLAN, Gnonen C. HELMIG.

